Bradshaw Family Genealogy Notes
West Virginia
(including western Virginia before 1863)
Mark B. Arslan
407 Highlands Lake Drive
Cary, NC 27518-9167
Bradshaw Genealogy Web Site: http://arslanmb.org/bradshaw/bradshaw.html
23 February 2018
Boone Co., Marriages {1795}
12 Sep 1858 Bradshaw, Wm. H. #111422
age 24, of Kanawha Co.
son of Daniel & Jane Bradshaw
Allen, Mary Jane
age 17, of Carroll Co., VA
dau. of Charles & Sarah Allen
20 Aug 1869 Bradshaw, John #111426
age 23
Payne, Mary A.
age 19
[Note: There is no other Bradshaw marriage from 1854 through 1899. – MBA]
Boone Co., Births {3764}
22 Sep 1865 Bradshaw, N. M. #1114221
b. Big Coal River
parents: William A. & Mary Jane Bradshaw
4 Jul 1866 Bradshaw, Mary F. #1114241
b. Peytona
parents: Moses H. & Jane Bradshaw
2 ??? 1870 Bradshaw, Calvery A. #1114261
b. Short Creek
parents: John A. & Mary A. Bradshaw
14 Jul 1873 Bradshaw, Ordelia
b. Little Coal Creek
parents: St-Claire Miller & Louise B. Bradshaw
25 Sep 1882 Bradshaw, Noah E. #1114264
parents: John & Mary A. Bradshaw
28 Nov 1885 Bradshaw, Rosa #1114266
parents: John A. & Mary A. Bradshaw
28 Sep 1886 Bradshaw, Nettie #1114265
parents: John A. & Mary A. Bradshaw
Boone Co., Deaths {3763}
27 Sep 1865 Bradshaw, ------ #1114221
d. @ age 7d
parents: William & Sarah Bradshaw
29 Oct 1879 Bradshaw, Daniel #11142
d. @ age 76y
informant: William Bradshaw [#111422], son
(Note: These Boone Co., WV births and deaths were taken from The Bradshaws in America, Vol.
3, No. 3 (Sep 1971), pp. 40-41. They need to be verified against the original records.) MBA
Cabell Co., Marriages {1271}
5 Feb 1817 McCoy, William
Bradshaw, Nancy #11121
married by Peyton Newman
filed in Book B1, p. 4
14 Aug 1817 Bradshaw, John #11122
Stephenson, Rebecca
married by Stephen Spurlock
filed in Book B1, p. 13
14 Jan 1819 Kidwell, Joseph S.
Bradshaw, Delilah #11141
married by Stephen Spurlock
filed in Book B1, p. 15
(Note: The name of the groom in this marriage was incorrectly transcribed by some as "Skid-
well". It should be Kidwell.) MBA
15 Oct 1829 Bradshaw, Skelton #11124
Ferguson, Rebecca
married by Stephen Spurlock
filed in Book B1, p. 37
18 Feb 1830 Bradshaw, Lewis #11125
Calloway, Sarah
married by Stephen Spurlock
filed in Book B1, p. 42
1867 Smith, William J.
age 20, son of Thomas & C. A. Smith
Bradshaw, Mary H.
age 18, dau. of Jacob & Elizabeth Bradshaw
(Note: These Cabell Co., WV marriages were taken from The Bradshaws in America, Vol. 6, No.
1 (1974). They need to be verified against the original records.) MBA
Cabell Co., Births {7607}
5 May 1853 Bradshaw, James Wesley
b. Ohio Bottom
parents: Thomas & Synthia Bradshaw
24 Nov 1853 Bradshaw, Charles Lewis #1112224
b. Four Pole
parents: Skelton & Margaret Bradshaw
(Note: These Cabell Co., WV births were taken from The Bradshaws in America, Vol. 3, No. 3
(Sep 1971), pp. 40-41. They need to be verified against the original records.) MBA
Cabell Co., Personal Property Tax Lists
Looked for Adkins, Jacob & Henry; any Bradshaw; and Bates, John & Daniel.
(Note: Each household was assigned one tithe for each male over age 16.) MBA
1809
26 Mar Adkins, Jacob (5 horses) #1111/1
No Bradshaw or Bates
1810
20 May Adkins, Jacob (3 horses) #1111/1
No Bradshaw or Bates
1811
Atkins, Jacob (3 horses) #1111/1
No Bradshaw or Bates
1812
4 Apr Adkins, Jacob (3 horses) #1111/1
No Bradshaw or Bates
1813
Adkins, Jacob (3 horses) #1111/1
Bratcher, Moses (5 horses) #1114
Bats, Daniel (2 horses)
1814
24 Mar Adkins, Jacob (2 tithes, 3 horses) #1111/1
24 Mar Bradshaw, Moses (3 horses) #1114
24 Mar Bates, Daniel (3 horses)
1815
1 Mar Adkins, Jacob (2 tithes, 3 horses, 12 cattle) #1111/1
21 Mar Bates, Daniel (2 tithes, 1 horse)
13 Apr Bradshaw, Moses (5 horses, 17 cattle) #1114
1816
27 Apr Adkins, Jacob (2 tithes, 3 horses) #1111/1
6 Apr Bradshaw, Moses (4 horses) #1114
1817
29 Apr Adkins, Jacob (2 tithes, 4 horses) #1111/1
No Bradshaw or Bates
1818
Adkins, Jacob (2 tithes, 3 horses) #1111/1
Bradshaw, Charles (2 tithes, 3 horses) #1112
Bradshaw, Moses (3 horses) #1114
Bradshaw, John (1 horse) #11122
1819
Adkins, Jacob (2 tithes, 2 horses) #1111/1
Bradshaw, Charles (3 tithes, 3 horses) #1112
Bradshaw, William (1 horse) #11123
Bradshaw, John (1 horse) #11122
Bradshaw, Moses (2 tithes, 2 horses) #1114
Looked only for Bradshaw after 1819, but did include some Bates.
1820
Bates, Daniel (2 tithes)
Bradshaw, Moses (3 tithes, 2 horses) #1114
Bradshaw, William (1 horse) #11123
Bradshaw, Skelton (1 horse) #11124
Bates, John
Bradshaw, Charles (3 tithes, 2 horses) #1112
Bradshaw, John (1 horse) #11122
1821
Bradshaw, Charles (2 tithes, 2 horses) #1112
Bates, John
Bates, Moses
Bates, Daniel (2 tithes)
Bradshaw, John (1 horse) #11122
Bradshaw, William (1 horse) #11123
Bradshaw, Skelton (1 horse) #11124
1822
Bradshaw, Skelton (1 horse) #11124
Bradshaw, Charles (2 tithes, 4 horses) #1112
Bradshaw, John (2 horses) #11122
Bradshaw, William (1 horse) #11123
Bates, Moses
Bates, David
1823
Bradshaw, Wm. (1 horse) #11123
Bradshaw, Charles (2 tithes, 4 horses) #1112
Bradshaw, John (2 horses) #11122
Bradshaw, Skelton (1 horse) #11124
1824
Bradshaw, William (1 horse) #11123
Bates, Moses
1825
Bradshaw, William (1 horse) #11123
1826
Bradshaw, Jacob ?
Bradshaw, Charles (2 tithes, 3 horses) #1112
Bradshaw, William (2 horses) #11123
Bradshaw, Lewis (1 horse) #11125
1827
Bradshaw, Charles (2 tithes, 3 horses) #1112
Bradshaw, Lewis #11125
1828
Bradshaw, Skelton #11124
Bradshaw, Jacob ?
Bradshaw, Charles (2 tithes, 4 horses) #1112
Bradshaw, Lewis #11125
Bradshaw, William (1 horse) #11123
Bates, James (1 horse)
1829
Bradshaw, Jacob ?
Bradshaw, Charles (2 tithes, 2 horses) #1112
Bradshaw, William (1 horse) #11123
1830
Bradshaw, Wm. (1 horse) #11123
Bradshaw, Charles (2 tithes, 2 horses) #1112
Bradshaw, Jacob ?
Bradshaw, Lewis (1 horse) #11125
Bates, James
1831
Bradshaw, Skelton (1 horse) #11124
Bradshaw, Jacob ?
1832
Bradshaw, Jacob ?
Bradshaw, Skelton (1 horse) #11124
1833
Bradshaw, Skelton (1 horse) #11124
Bradshaw, Rebecca (no tithes, 1 horse) #11122/1
1834
Bradshaw, Skelton (1 horse) #11124
Bradshaw, Jacob ?
1835
No Bradshaw
1836
No Bradshaw
1837
No Bradshaw
1838
No Bradshaw
Cabell Co., Land Grants
Adkins, Jacob #1111/1
1812 300 acres @ Beech Fork
Bradshaw, Moses #1114
1815 100 acres @ Raccoon Fork
Cabell Co., Deed Book 1, p. 149
Date: 26 Mar 1811
Grantor: Thos. Ward & wife Milly Ward
Grantee: Hezekiah Adkins
Description: 100 acres at Beech Fork of 12 pole
Cabell Co., Deed Book 2 (1814-1819), p. 98
Date: 6 Jan 1816
Grantor: Benjamin Garrett, Jr. & wife
Grantee: Moses Bradshaw [#1114]
Description: Lot 13 in Barboursville
Cabell Co., Deed Book 2 (1814-1819), p. 116
Date: 21 Apr 1816
Grantor: Moses Bradshaw [#1114] & Sarah Bradshaw [#1114/1]
Grantee: William Parsons
Description: Tract on Racoon Fork of Beech Fork of 12 pole
Witnesses: John B. Aulvel, John Wellman, William Fullerton, & Isom Garrett
Cabell Co., Deed Book 2 (1814-1819), p. 223
Date: 19 Oct 1816
Grantor: Moses Bradshaw [#1114] & wife Sally Bradshaw [#1114/1]
Grantee: Thomas Ward
Description: Lot 13 in Barboursville
Witnesses: Hezekiah Adkins, Littleberry Adkins, Noah Scales, & Matthew F. Clark
Cabell Co., Deed Book 3 (1819-1824), p. 96
Date: 25 Jan 1820
Grantor: Thomas Ward & wife Milly Ward
Grantee: Moses Bradshaw [#1114]
Description: 400 acres at Miller Fork on Beech Fork of 12 pole
Cabell Co., Deed Book 3 (1819-1824), p. 121
Date: 3 Jun 1820
Grantor: Moses Bradshaw [#1114] and wife Sarah Bradshaw [#1114/1]
Grantee: John Laidley, Lewis Summers, & Manoah Bostwick
Description: part of Watson tract, bounded by survey of Thomas Ward
Cabell Co., Deed Book 3 (1819-1824), p. 370
Date: 5 Feb 1821
Grantor: Moses Bradshaw [#1114]
Grantee: Travis Stowers
Description: 940 acres on Miller’s Fork, purchased of Thomas Ward & Manoah Bostick
Witnesses: George Spurlock, Asher Crockett, S. Retton Bradshaw, Joseph Kidwell [#1114/1],
Reuben Booten, Joseph Garret, & Peter Blankenship
Cabell Co., Deed Book 3 (1819-1824), p. 709
Date: 10 Apr 1824
Grantor: John Laidley
Grantee: Lewis Summers & Manoah Bostick (for James T. Watson of NY)
Description: Moses Bradshaw [#1114] and wife Sarah [#1114/1] have failed to meet payment on
land dated 1820, giving Laidley right to dispose of land. 950 acres on Millers Fork of Beech
Fork of 12 pole to survey of Thomas Ward
Cabell Co., Will Book 1, p. 30, Estate of John Bradshaw [#11122] {3466}
Purchasers at sale of property of John Bradshaw, deceased, on 19 Sep 1823: Jeremiah Stephens,
Charles Bradshaw [#1112], Benjamin Davis, Rebecca Bradshaw [#11122/1], Samuel Davis,
Asa Booton, Jr., William Bradshaw [#11123], Benjamin Brown, Paul Davis, Alex McNeely,
& Hugh Bowen
Appraisers of the estate: H. Bowen, Asa Booton, & Benjamin Davis
Fayette Co., Marriages {4459}
22 Oct 1844 Kidwell, Michael
Ford, Letty
by Martin T. Bibb
28 Aug 1845 Redden, Joseph
Kidwell, Sarah J. #111412
by Matthew Ellison
12 Dec 1846 Plumly, John
Kidwell, Delilah #11141 ?
by John Bragg
9 Jun 1847 Kidwell, William #111411
Redding, Nancy
by Alfred Beckley
Kanawha Co., Marriages {2019}
8 Sep 1833 Bradshaw, Moses #11145
Williams, Sally
12 Sep 1853 Bradshaw, Geo. W. #111421
Toney, Frances
by P. S. Turley
8 Sep 1864 Bradshaw, Moses H. #111424
Brown, Letha
15 Dec 1864 Bradshaw, Daniel #11142 ??
Spears, Mary
4 Feb 1872 Brodshaw, Wm. #111422
Midkiff, Lucinda
by Thomas Davis
31 Aug 1873 Handson, William
Bradshaw, Aletha
by C. J. Rippetoe
9 Dec 1875 Moore, Samuel
Bradshaw, Armelda #1114211
22 Dec 1881 Bradshaw, Calvin #111427
Midkiff, Margaret
informant - Levi Midkiff
9 Nov 1882 Calvert, Eben A.
Bradshaw, Annie L.
5 Jan 1883 Petry, William H.
Bradshaw, Mary
informant: Simon Petry
31 Dec 1883 Bradshaw, Geo. W. #1114215
Singer, Martha J.
21 Dec 1884 Bradshaw, William H. #1114214
Hager, Elizabeth F.
informant: Michael H. Hays
no date Songer, I. T.
Bradshaw, Martha A. #1114216
informant: John A. Midkiff
(Note: No other Bradshaw was found.)
Kanawha Co., Births {2020}, {2021}
17 Oct 1868 Bradshaw, ----- #1114217
parents: George & Mary F. Bradshaw
3 Dec 1878 Moore, ----- #11142111
parents: Samuel & Armilda Moore
19 May 1880 Moore, Samuel #11142112
parents: Samuel & Armilda Moore
24 Dec 1882 Bradshan, B. S. #1114271
parents: Calvin & M. Bradshaw
13 Aug 1885 Bradshaw, F. S. #11142151
parents: G. W. & M. J. Bradshaw
30 Oct 1886 Bradshaw, M. E. #11142152
parents: G. W. & M. J. Bradshaw
11 Jan 1890 Moore, ----- #11142113
parents: Samuel & Armilda Moore
(Note: No other Bradshaw was found.)
Kanawha Co., Deaths {2022}
20 Oct 1868 Bradshaw, ----- #1114217
b. Alum Creek
d. @ age 3d
parents: George & M. Bradshaw
6 Jul 1876 Bradshaw, ----- #1114219
b. Forks Coal
d. @ age 2d
parents: G. W. & M. Bradshaw
21 May 1892 Bradshaw, Adaline
b. Boone Co.
d. @age 42y
parents: H. & Fannie Means
husband - H. Bradshaw
(Note: No other Bradshaw was found from 1853 through 1899.)
Kanawha Co., Personal Property Tax Lists
Looked for Bradshaw.
1821-1828
No Bradshaw
1829 John Starke's District
Bradshaw, Moses (1 horse) #1114
Bradshaw, Daniel (1 horse) #11142
1830 John Starke's District
Bradshaw, Moses (2 horses) #1114
Bradshaw, Daniel (1 horse) #11142
1831 John Starke's District
Bradshaw, Moses (3 horses) #1114
Bradshaw, Daniel (1 horse) #11142
1832 John Starke's District
Bradshaw, Moses (3 horses) #1114
Bradshaw, Daniel (1 horse) #11142
1833 John Starke's District
8 Apr Bradshaw, Moses (4 horses) #1114
8 Apr Bradshaw, Daniel (2 horses) #11142
(Note: Starting in 1834, each household was assessed one tithe for each white male over age 16.)
MBA
1834 William Hatcher's District
4 May Bradshaw, Moses (2 tithes, 2 horses) #1114
1 May Bradshaw, Daniel (2 horses) #11142
4 May Bradshaw, Moses, Jr. (1 horse) #11145
1835-1836
No Bradshaw
Raleigh Co., Marriages {4460}
18 Mar 1853 Redden, J. Harrison
Kidwell, Eliza #111413
5 Apr 1857 Redden, Harrison
age 21
Kidwell, Mary #111415
age 17
22 Dec 1870 Kidwell, John #1114111
age 22
Redden, Christena
age 24
9 Sep 1873 Johnson, William M.
age 25
Kidwell, Virginia #1114113
age 20
18 Feb 1879 Bolen, David
age 31, of Summers Co.
Redden, Frances #1114134
age 20
5 May 1879 Johnson, John H.
age 28
Kidwell, Louisa C. #1114115
age 21
25 Dec 1883 Redden, Joseph M.
age 26, of Fayette Co.
Redden, Araminta
age 16
12 Jan 1884 Rogers, Thomas J.
age 24
Kidwell, Christina #1114117
age 22
10 Nov 1886 Kidwell, William #111411
age 59, of Logan Co.
Rogers, Martha R.
age 51, of Patrick Co.
28 Nov 1887 Redden, William #1114133
age 27
Bragg, Mollie E.
age 17
11 Jun 1890 Richmond, John
age 30
Redden, Cordelia #1114138
age 19
2 Jul 1890 Redden, Madison #1114135
age 30
Summers, Amanda Virginia
age 16
21 Aug 1890 Kidwell, William Madison #1114119
age 22
Bennett, Mary Ellen
age 16
27 Jul 1892 Redden, Charles #1114157
age 21
Redden, Ettie
age 19
12 Jul 1898 Redden, Oliver #111413A
age 24
Berry, Member
age 18, of Fayette Co.
19 Oct 1898 Johnson, Walter Gray #11141133
age 20, of Fayette Co.
Carper, Annie C.
age 20
30 Nov 1898 Richmond, Kelly
age 26
Redden, Ellen Nora #111415A
age 19
Wayne Co., Births {32457}
15 Jan 1857 Bradshaw, ----- #1112225
female
b. Wayne Co.
father: Shelton Bradshaw (farmer, of Wayne Co.)
mother: Margaret -----
informant: Thomas F. Napier (grandfather)
Wayne Co., Marriages {18140}
2 Jan 1855 Bradshaw, Jas. #111243
age 19y, farming, of Wayne Co.
b. Cabell Co.
son of ----- Bradshaw & Rebeca -----
Wooton, Anna
age 19y
b. Lawrence Co., KY
daughter of T. A. Wooton & J. -----
by T. A. Wooton
14 Sep 1869 Bradshaw, Thomas #1112222
age 21y, farming, of Wayne Co.
b. Wayne Co.
son of Skelton Bradshaw & Peggy -----
Piles, Cintha A.
age 20y, of Wayne Co.
b. Wayne Co.
daughter of Isaac Piles & Mary Ann -----
by Ruben Booton @ [home of] Isaac Piles
2 Feb 1880 Bradshaw, Hiram #1111513
Adkins, Nancy
Wayne Co., Deaths {32455}
5 May 1853 Bradshaw, Thos. A. #111151x
male
b. Wayne Co.
d. @ age 2y
cause: fever
father: Maxel Bradshaw
14 Oct 1857 Bradshaw, Charles #1112224
male
b. Wayne Co.
d. @ age 4y
cause: flux
father: Shelton Bradshaw
mother: Margaret -----
informant: Haney Napier
VA, Land Grant Book 64 (1813-1815)
[pp. 386-387]
Date of grant: 4 Feb 1815
Date of survey: 26 Oct 1813
Date of warrant: 20 May 1813 (Warrant 5071 for 50 acres) & 4 Feb 1809 (Warrant 2006 for 50
acres)
Grantee(s): Moses Bradshaw [#1114]
Area: 100 acres
Description: Cabell Co. “on the Recoon fork, of the beeck fork of twelve pole river . . . to Sher-
rod Adkins”